SKY VS Virgin Media

[NitroNutter]

This disagreement is simply a big business decision so the end user suffers and eventually pays more for the TV programmes. Many quality shows will now become split accross these two carriers as virgin begins its own range and begins to bid on shows like lost etc, and yes in the future you will likely be able to purchase as a higher priced premium package on sky the virgin package and vice versa for cable customers. I think many would be surprised just who is rubbing who's backs here. Thats all thats its about, how to screw as much as possible out of as many as possible, this is all its ever about. They are all the same, the only difference being Mr Branson is undoubtedly one of the most shrewd business men going, someone who knows very well how to butter both sides of his toast, yet retain the appearance the toast is only buttered on the one side.

[da_vone]

Originally Posted by welwynrose

well there's only about 3 episodes of SG-1 left before they go over to making movies so maybe VM will get the rights to show them

i hopw thats ture cos i love star gage its the only sky one show i like oh yeah and the simpsons. i guess i'll have to buy the dvd box sets when they come out

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Originally Posted by ruthie

I just spoke to VM...I decided to cancel my V+ box for reasons I won't go into here. Anyway I asked the guy on the phone what's happening with the sky channels and he confirmed that VM are losing them....but then he said if it was him, he'd get a freeview box because SKy One is going to be on freeview in a month's time...

I have two freeview boxes at least (one built into the TV card on my PC and one on the downstairs TV) so does that mean I'm OK?

This will also mean that I can record sky one, because I can record onto my PC from the freeview TV card.

[lauzjp]

Originally Posted by handyman

BBC seemed a bit biased towards sky in that though

first thing this morning I posted on the have your say board on the bbc, and lo - my post is not there. it was not swearing, or in any way against house rules, but I think it didn't show up because I said something like 'well good for Virgin Media - standing up to Murdoch' so the HYS board on the subject is full of pro-sky anti-VM comments.

[da_vone]

Originally Posted by ntluser

The dispute defies logic. Sky will deprive Virgin Media of Sky One & other channels and in doing so will create a massive shortfall in their income so much so that they would need something like 150,000 Virgin Media Customers to switch to Sky to replace the income. It does seem to be a case of cutting off your nose to spite your face.

What will Sky do if the required number of customers do not switch?

Maybe the simple thing to do is for Sky and Virgin Media to merge so that they can use their joint funds to provide a better service to all the over 11 million Sky & Virgin Media customers.

its a nice a nice though but that wont happen probabily in our life time. first of sky and vm cant play with each other. and i am anoyed that sky one is gone. anyhow even if a VM and sky were to merge people like freeview and even BT would storm out in a rage claiming it to be unfair. and ofcom would reject it, as it would be to big of a monopoly.

[horseradish]

jUST OUT OF INTEREST WHAT NOTIFICATION HAS VIRGIN SENT US DIRECTLY, PERSONALLY i HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING, GREAT CUSTOMER CARE, PLUS 30MINUTES HOLDING TO CANCEL MY CONTRACT

[goughy000]

check your email

[sav112]

Originally Posted by horseradish

jUST OUT OF INTEREST WHAT NOTIFICATION HAS VIRGIN SENT US DIRECTLY, PERSONALLY i HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING, GREAT CUSTOMER CARE, PLUS 30MINUTES HOLDING TO CANCEL MY CONTRACT

Thats what annoys me more! Yes sky probably tried it on with prices but Virgin should have given us a months notice, like we have to do. I think i will remove the DD that why they have to go through me to get any money and not try it on the last month.

Shocking no e-mail nothing, only came on the new a few days ago.
If it was not for here i would have been lost as to what was going on.

[lutz64]

Whilst I applaud VM's decision to stand up to Sky and their tactics I am still going to have to switch to Sky. I am not bothered about the missing channels but as I am moving house, only about half a mile down the road, there is no cable provision as it is on a new housing estate, VM may have a concern over losing customers due to the turn off of channels but no concern due to no actual cable. Don't want to go but have no choice. Therefore Sky win again by default.

[bonzoe]

Originally Posted by goughy000

check your email

For some reason NTL/Virgin media NEVER send me e-mails infroming me of anything.
Having said that, losing Sky is not the end of the world, can't remember when I last watched it.

[grabbi]

For anyone who is concerned, here are the calculations of Sky's last offer to Virgin Media:

3p x 30 (average days of the Month) = 90p p/month, p/subscriber.

90p x 3,300,000 subscribers = £2,970,000 p/month.

x12 (Months) = £35,640,000 p/year.

That's the latest offer pe Year for Sky One, Two, Three, News and Sports News. (And possibly Sky Arts and some HD services.)

-20% = £28,512,000.

That's what ex-ntl: were paying, according to Sky, per year.

[Physci]

Originally Posted by bonzoe

For some reason NTL/Virgin media NEVER send me e-mails infroming me of anything.

Same here.

[flashgordon]

well now this has happened does this mean virgin have broken there agreement with their subscribers ???

[Sumanji]

Originally Posted by bonzoe

For some reason NTL/Virgin media NEVER send me e-mails infroming me of anything.

Same here, does anyone know why?! I feel unloved

[grimwau]

I also did not receive an email (but then again I never got one from Tony Blair either). As I don't watch SKY 1 I never saw any of the alleged windups by SKY that other posters have referred to in other posts. However, I was kept fully aware of everything that was happening thanks to NTHELLWOLD. Well done to everyone who contributed. I never miss an episode (which is more than I can say about Lost, 24, Simpsons et al. This will not affect me in the slightest and I voted to have VM use any savings to boost their service. Here's to the future.

[goughy000]

i get endless amounts of advertising email from virgin media

some of them used to be branded from telewest and others branded from blueyonder but now they all come from virgin media

i get them to my main blueyonder account

you know the really long one @blueyonder.co.uk